COUP! Goodbye Square Face!

The last post in this little blog was over eight months ago. A lot happened in that eight months, with the corrupt Thaksin getting into increasingly more trouble.

Unfortunately, his popularity among the farmers and taxi drivers remained intact, so his return to power after the delayed election in November seemed inevitable. That is until the military decided to take matters into their own hands yesterday while Thaksin was in New York, no doubt relishing the prospect of delivering a self-serving speech to world leaders at the UN.

The military really had no choice. Some believed Thaksin was attempting to subvert the monarchy, one of the last bastions against his taking total power. Thaksin had recently been meddling in the appointments of new generals and officers, something he had absolutely no business doing under the constitution. Ironically, in order to preserve their position outside of politics, the Generals had to take over. They have promised to return to civilian rule in two weeks time, and have elections this time next year.

Thaksin is a tenacious bastard however. He may still try to cause disturbances using his support base in Isaan. The story is not quite over yet.